A history of modern computing
By: Paul E. Ceruzzi.
Series: History of computing
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Computers -- History.; Electronic data processing -- History.
Description: This engaging history covers modern computing from the development of the first electronic digital computer through the advent of the World Wide Web. The author concentrates on four key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late 1940s from a specialized scientific instrument to a commercial product; the emergence of small systems in the late 1960s; the beginnings of personal computing in the 1970s; and the spread of networking after 1985.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.